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Apple Shares New Ads Promoting Apple Watch Series 2 as a Holiday Gift [Update]
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Couple of guys at MacRumors say so, then it must be true. Case closed!
I haven't been a fan of most Apple ads in a long time, but actually these aren't too bad. The current generation still feels a bit too limiting, but I'll be considering one the first time they do a major hardware refresh. Having said that, I don't think the watch is ever going to become a major new platform like the iPhone or iPad were. But it can still be successful as a "B" project (like Apple TV), and be useful.
Honestly, you should get out and meet more people.
P.S. After owning one since the launch and wearing it every day for the past year and a half, I couldn't live without my Apple Watch. I leave my iPhone 6 Plus in my pocket and keep track of information on my wrist. I use it to control my home, I use it to make payments, I use it to make appointments and stick to my schedule, I use it to get Siri to remind me of things when I leave home or arrive at the office or pass by the grocery store. It inspires me to stay active and get fit.
Hello, I'm Pedro. You've now met someone who loves their Apple Watch. There are many more of us.
The real $$$$$$ spinner will be watch band ads..... you heard it here first...
Not another "Car analogy" on MacRumors. There horrible and highly irrelevant when being compared to technology.
Anyways, lets not have any false modesty here. The Apple Watch is a "Wanted Gift" by many for the holidays, hence the constrain through many online and in store retailers. There is no denying that. If you don't want it, so be it. But it's a premium piece of hardware that fits a niche crowd, but has many capabilities that suit everyone differently.
Fitbit and Apple are the two best selling pieces of wearable technology on the market. You stating it does not "Constitute" a wanted gift appears to be either more denial or ignorance on your behalf. Either way, please don't pretend to act like it has no revelance or appeal to the current generation of all ages, when it clearly does. The Apple Watch may not be a need, hence its superfluous, however; it's evidently wanted.
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Oh my god they made an ad in which they use the AW to play soccer? The first thing you need to know when you play soccer its to take off your watches and stuff because you can hurt people. What's next, an Apple Watch ad for football?
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Or it's just poor Timmy who wants his abomination to become a thing. All we get is carefully worded non-binding quotes coming from him.
I see them all the time. Far more prevalent than smartphones were at their equivalent point in their cycle. Android Wear on the other hand? I don't think I've seen one of those.
Love my sport 42mm 1st gen.
Apple watch owners, who are happy with their watch but unhappy with iPhone would find switching to an android smartphone very difficult.
Apple have you tied in.
Apple watch owners, who are happy with their watch but unhappy with iPhone would find switching to an android smartphone very difficult.
Apple have you tied in.
Agreed. And the Apple Watch pairs seamlessly with the iPhone. It does exactly What it's intended to and fairly well at That.
Thank you!
I wonder why I can only play 3 of the 14 songs on her album on Apple Music! The rest are greyed out!
It was about the aesthetic appeal of a Rolex to me, and about *my perception* of the appeal of a Rolex to others.
I appreciate the suggestion, but you accused me of representing my opinions as fact, and I wanted to emphasize that the only thing I was representing as a fact was that I held those opinions.
Yes, I asserted that they are unappealing to me, but I never said they were overpriced. In fact, by saying your investment advice may be good, I conceded they were priced appropriately. I did say that they were expensive, and since it is more than 10 times the cost of the Apple watch it was compared to, that is accurate.
It's not overpriced if it holds or gains in value, or as a collector's item, but it's uglier to me, and does less than the Apple watch. So, feel free to indulge your collector's hobby, or your investment endeavors, but I buy a watch for its looks and its functions, and on those counts, the Rolex is not in the same ball park.
My original comment was that it was less aesthetically appealing (which is implicitly an opinion) and it does less, which is true. When I elaborated, I speculated on what others find appealing about it, and your use of jargon to defend the appeal served to validate my speculations.
If I had used Apple jargon to defend the Apple watch, you'd have a point. But I didn't.
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I have just got a part time job at my local watchmakers repairing cuckoo clocks, readers. It doesn't pay much, but it gets me out of the house. 
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Apple ads are just horrible. 2016 has been a crappy year for apple.
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good for youI have just got a part time job at my local watchmakers repairing cuckoo clocks, readers. It doesn't pay much, but it gets me out of the house.
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I agree that if your phone is in your hand most of the time, a watch is superfluous. For the rest of us....
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Quite true for me. The fitness stuff is totally useless to me. The Apple Watch has many other reasons listed elsewhere to justify it as a "wanted gift".
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No one needs information every second about everything. But we use smart phones because we like information to be accessible. It's also why some people wear watches. The Apple watch makes some information more accessible. And it makes some junk texts *easier* to ignore, or other trivial texts easier to respond to, allowing you to take a longer break from the barrage of info.
The Apple watch will give you time and weather. And it will not *increase* the notifications and reminders -- it will merely make them less intrusive.
You have a Rolex knockoff that gives you the weather?
I concede that a Rolex knockoff will make people think you can afford a Rolex (at least some people, for a while), if that's what you want it to do.
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I have, but it seems people are expecting too much because of the weight of the first post-Jobs product. I asked a customer once "has it changed your life?" and he laughed and said "No, but it's a great device". A flight attendant had one and he tried to show me everything he could do with it.
So tl;dr is anecdotal evidence is anecdotal.
I am the guy who doesn't give a crap what MacRumors "genius" forum member thinks about a certain product. I buy what I like with my money.
I still remember when I went berserk cause I had to wait to get my Apple Watch. And once I got it, I was like I waited all this time for this? Now I can't see myself buying a new watch every year or two, like an iPhone or iPad. Seems like a fad that lasted all of five minutes.